Ari Eastman

Set a specific text tone for the person you’re crushing on so you know exactly when said person contacts you.

Say yes to drinks when he asks. Let your mind play out the best and worst case scenarios, like the neurotic little mess you are.

I punched him square in the face so hard that his nose bled. And in the flurry of emotions and reflexes, I immediately blurted out, “I’m sorry!”

I wonder if rejection really does feel better than regret. I’ve told myself that enough times that I have no choice but to believe it.

Maybe it’s this unknown that keeps us all pushing forward. These heart-palpitations that keep me up at night are actually just here to remind me I’m alive.

Having Sex With Someone I Didn’t Love

Trauma came barreling into my world without a single warning. She was different from Depression.

I’m done justifying why you left. Done playing Russian Roulette with our memories. Like maybe if I had been the one to pull the trigger, I could have walked away with some dignity.

When you are left for someone else, count all the cracks in your ceiling.

To the next person who falls in love with me: Don’t.

I liked what I liked, and didn’t like what I didn’t like. Simple.

I look at my phone, searching for something, though I’m not entirely sure what.

Thank you for breaking my heart right before I was about to fall in love with you.

I looked over my shoulder and caught my reflection in the mirror. Was the freckled, petite goofball I saw staring back at me secretly a flirt? Had she been deceiving me this whole time? Was my lovable neurosis an act?

5. If a natural disaster hit, I’m sorry, I’d probably start saving the animals first.

How can there really just be one person out there? What if your soulmate dies? Is across the planet? Is Gary Busey?!

His name was George. I never met him, nor do I have the slightest idea as to how or when he died.

We listen, really, truly listen, something that I don’t think we do in society enough these days.